Sugar (Tonic album)
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| Released | November 9, 1999 | |||
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| Genre | Post-grunge | |||
| Length | 49:44 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Sugar is the second studio album by American band Tonic. Released on November 9, 1999 and produced by the band itself, the album's title shared the same name as the fifth track on the recording.[4][5] The creative and collaborative process spanned several geographic locations including Austin, Texas, and a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana, where actual recording for the album was performed.[6] "Knock Down Walls" and "You Wanted More" were charting singles released off the record, with the latter having first appeared on the soundtrack to the movie American Pie.[7] With Kevin Shepard no longer part of the band, touring drummer Peter Maloney (of Dishwalla) played drums on the album. Music videos for the songs "You Wanted More" and "Mean to Me" were created as part of the album's promotion.[8] Tonic appeared on the television shows Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Martin Short Show in late 1999 as part of additional promotion.[9][10] Sugar spent eight total weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, reaching a peak of number 81 in its first week of release.[11]
Track listing
[edit]...there are no bad songs to be found anywhere on the entire album, each one bearing its own redeeming qualities, whether a driving beat or a tenacious scrap of melody...
All songs by Emerson Hart except where noted.
- "Future Says Run" – 3:46
- "You Wanted More" (Hart, Jeff Russo, Dan Lavery) – 3:50
- "Knock Down Walls" (Hart, Russo) – 3:43
- "Mean to Me" – 4:11
- "Sugar" (Hart, Lavery, Russo) – 3:29
- "Jump Jimmy (Stronger Than Mine)" (Hart, Lavery) – 3:39
- "Queen" – 4:34
- "Waiting for the Light to Change" – 4:32
- "Waltz with Me" – 3:45
- "Sunflower" (Hart, Lavery) – 3:20
- "Drag Me Down" (Hart, Lavery, Russo) – 2:46
- "Top Falls Down" (Hart, Kevin Shepard, Russo) – 4:17
- "Love a Diamond" (Hart, Lavery, Russo) – 3:52
Personnel
[edit]Tonic
- Emerson Hart – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric rhythm guitar, slide guitar
- Jeff Russo – Mellotron strings, acoustic lead guitar, electric lead guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric rhythm guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
- Dan Lavery – Rhodes electric piano, Moog bass pedals, bass guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- John Ewing – programming
- Pete Maloney – drums (1, 3-13)
- Joey Waronker – drums (2)
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- David Campbell – string arrangements (8)
- Joel Derouin – string conductor (8)
- Larry Corbett – cello (8)
- Suzie Katayama – cello (8)
- Matt Funes – viola (8)
- David Sternke – viola (8)
- Eve Butler – violin (8)
- Gerardo Hilera – violin (8)
- Peter Kent – violin (8)
- Michele Richards – violin (8)
Production
- Nick Gatfield – executive producer
- Tonic – producers
- Mark Endert – producer (2), engineer (2)
- Jeff Powell – engineer (1, 3-13)
- John Ewing – additional engineer (1, 3-13)
- David Bryant – assistant engineer (1, 3-13)
- Rich Eldridge – assistant engineer (1, 3-13)
- Mike Terry – assistant engineer (1, 3-13)
- Doug Boehm – assistant engineer (2)
- Andy Wallace – mixing at Soundtrack Studios (New York, NY)
- Steve Sisco – mix assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
- Jack Knobber – live sound engineer
- Jocelyn Cooper – A&R
- Greg Hammer – A&R
- Valerie Peck – production coordinator
- Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
- Elvis Swft – illustrations, lettering
- Marvin J. Heade – illustration ("Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth")
- Malcolm Tarlofsky – artwork ("Bicycle Man")
- Danny Clinch – photography
- Gene Pierce – photography
- Sheila Scott – management
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 93 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 81 |
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Olson, Catherine Applefeld. "Tonic Bridges Old And New With Universal's 'head On Straight'". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ a b Sheaks, Mathias. "Sugar Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ^ "An Interview with Tonic". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). January 19, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "American Pie Original Soundtrack Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
- ^ "Tonic on Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- ^ "Late Night with Conan O'Brien episode dated 17 December 1999". IMDb.com. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ "The Martin Short Show episode #1.53". IMDb.com. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ "Tonic Chart History". Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 283.
- ^ "Tonic Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
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